THE Lagos State Coordinator for the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun has announced that the board will refund fees paid by deserving visually-impaired candidates for the purchase of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms.
According to media reports, Prof. Fagbohun, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), announced this at the Distance Learning Institute of the University of Lagos, which was the 2024 UTME centre for visually-impaired candidates from Lagos and Ogun states.
According to him, a total of 88 candidates in this category registered for the 2024 UTME at the centre but only 82 were present.
He then explained that only visually impaired candidates with five ‘O’ Level credits in one sitting would be refunded, noting that the gesture was to encourage physically challenged candidates.
In his words: “I would like to give kudos to the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for all he is doing to push the frontiers of education in this country. This year, he went a step further to return money paid by visually challenged candidates for the purchase of their registration documents- those who scored five credits in one sitting.
“They were not supposed to have paid for the forms, but in a situation whereby they have already done that, their money will be returned to them here, today. The process is that the Board, from the results uploaded by these candidates during registration for the examination, had already disaggregated all these and sent them to all the centre coordinators nationwide.
“We have the list and the money already made available by the Board, and the directive is that we must ensure that the concerned candidates get back their money immediately. We want them to know that they are Nigerians and that Nigeria recognises their roles and will want to harness their potential.’’
He said that the Board would continue to explore means to ensure that no Nigerian child would be left behind in empowerment.
